Terminal on unit

Goal

To access the console of a router using the Terminal on Unit link presented in aView for the device.

Note The Terminal on Unit access leverages the management tunnel established between the 63xx-series router and aView. For details on the monthly data usage for this access, see Data usage estimates.

Setup

For this setup, you need access to aView and a router online and syncing with aView. If you see the router listed as up (green status) in aView, you are good to go.

Details

aView uses the IPSec tunnel the router establishes to remote.accns.com to provide terminal access to the console of the router.

Note For details on the monthly data usage for this access, see Data usage estimates.

The following configuration settings will setup the 6300-CX to report its IPSec tunnel local IP address as the management IP that aView can then use to access its console.

Open the configuration profile for the router. Under IPSec -> aView, set the Management priority to 10. This will tell the router to treat the aView IPSec tunnel as the highest priority management interface, which it then reports to aView as the IP that can be used to access its console.

Once you apply the new configuration to the router, reboot the device so it rebuilds the IPSec tunnel and reports the new IPSec local IP address to aView. You can verify that aView is using the IPSec local IP as the management IP by looking at the Uplink IP address on the Device Details tab. This value should be set to a 172.x.x.x IP address.